Program Term Archive
Marine Wildlife
CITES Standing Committee Weighs Issues of Compliance
Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeOver 700 delegates met in Geneva for five days beginning in late November to deliberate over a full slate of issues at the 77th meeting of the Standing Committee to the...
The Endangered Species Act: Half a Century of Essential Protections
Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeHigh in the clear blue skies over the Grand Canyon, California condors wheel slowly, searching for their next meal. In the shortgrass prairie of Wyoming, the dark eyes of black-footed...
Celebrating 50 Years of the ESA
Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeThe Endangered Species Act was signed into law in December 1973 to prevent the extinction of wildlife both at home and abroad. Fifty years later, it remains one of the...
Throttling Speed Limits in Right Whale Waters
Marine WildlifeScientists recently shared a small bit of positive news that the remaining number of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales (NARW) may be slightly higher than previously believed. The 2021...
Weaken or Widen ESA Protections? Congress Weighs In
Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeThe Endangered Species Act continues to face attacks in Congress. There are bills to prohibit the listing of species not native to the United States, to allow the government to...
Report: US Must Ban Seafood from 11 Nations Over Whale, Dolphin Deaths
Press ReleaseNovember 30, 2023Marine WildlifeA report issued today by conservation groups finds that 11 nations have at least some fisheries that fail to meet US standards for preventing whale and dolphin bycatch. Entanglement in...
Advancing the Argument Against Marine Mammal Captivity
Marine WildlifeThe 6th edition of The Case Against Marine Mammals in Captivity(CAMMIC), published by the Animal Welfare Institute and World Animal Protection, was unveiled in July. Since its 1st edition in 1995, this report...
Advocating End to Cetacean Captivity in Europe
Marine WildlifeSince 2014, AWI has supported the work of Dolphinaria-Free Europe (DFE), a coalition of European NGOs who work to help the approximately 300 whales, dolphins, and porpoises held for display...
AWI’s Kate O’Connell: Passion and Persistence in Defense of Ocean Life
Marine WildlifeAfter four decades in the fight to end commercial whaling worldwide, Kate O’Connell, senior policy consultant for AWI’s Marine Life program, is on a first-name basis with virtually every major...
Gray Whales in Steep Decline
Marine WildlifeAfter peaking at nearly 27,000 whales in 2016, the population of eastern North Pacific gray whales has plummeted to around 14,500 in 2023—a startling 46 percent decline and nearly 7,000...